Improvement in grubbing-mach ines



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRUBB'ING-IVIACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 418,-298, dated June 20, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, CHARLES R. MoEEE'rfr, ot' Williamstown, Camden county, New Jersey, have invented an Improved Grubbing-Instrument.; and I do hereby declare'the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention consists of a lever with a curved end, from which projects a series ot prongs or teeth, in combination with a toothed plate hung to the lever, so that the root to be extracted may be grasped. between the teeth ot' the lever and those of the plate, so as to be withdrawn from the ground on depressing the long arm ot' the lever.

In order to enable others to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

On reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure l is a side elevation ot1 my improved grubbnginstrument,and Fig. 2 a plan View.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in both views.

A is a lever, the edge ot which, near the lotver end or head, A', is curved, as shown in the drawings, and to this curved edge is secured a broad curved strip, b, ot Wood or metal.`

From the lower end of the lever project a series of forks or prongs, e, and to a pin, c, passing through the head of the lever is hung a toothed plate, E, the teeth f of the latter coincidin g with the spaces between the teeth e at the end of the lever; Through the head A of the lever pass pinsff, for a purpose described hereinafter.

Then the machine has to be used the plate E is turned back against the plate B, the lever is brought to au upright position, and the teeth e are introduced into the ground at the side of the root to be extracted. The plate E is then turned down to the position shown in Fig. l, so thatits teeth may engage with the opposite side of the root to that adjacent to the teeth e, at'ter which the long arm ot' the lever is depressed, so as to elevate the lower end, and with it the root which is contned between the teeth c and f, the broad plate b affording such a rest for the lever as Will `prevent the end of the latter from striking into the ground.

Ihe pin c may be passed through any one of a number ot' openings, x, madein the head ot' the lever, the plate E being thus so adjusted that its teeth may be made to embrace roots of any desired size.

Should a root adhere with unusual tenacity in the earth, a greater power may be exerted by the operator bearing with his foot on one ot' the pins f.

I do not desire to claim, broadly, the use in a grabbing-machine of a curved lever; but

l claim as myinvention and desire to secure by Letters PatentrIhe lever A,With its curved end and prongs or teeth e, combined with the toothed plate E, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES R. M OFFETT.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. FosTEa, JOHN WHITE. 

